Mexico, Canada, and the United States stand to benefit from increasing energy sector interconnectedness and coordination. What key environmental and fiscal policy areas related to oil and gas development provide opportunities for further harmonization?

We examine the effect of energy resource booms on preK–12 public schools by combining statistical analysis and in-person interviews with education professionals across six major oil- and gas-producing states.

New research suggests that inattentive consumers significantly undervalue vehicle fuel cost savings. Policies designed to encourage greater consumer attention would likely increase the fuel economy of vehicles on the road and reduce GHG emissions.

The American Opportunity Carbon Fee Act would levy a fee on US greenhouse gas emissions, largely on carbon dioxide. Modeling results illustrate the magnitude of the energy-related emissions reductions—projected to be 36 percent below 2005 levels in 2025.

We develop a framework to analyze the economic implications and emissions market outcomes of linking emissions trading systems with different features, including stringency, and apply it to the potential linking of the California and RGGI trading programs.

To control problems of congestion and air pollution, many cities in developing countries have started to restrict vehicle ownership. Beijing’s license plate lottery has unintentionally reduced the employment rate of women who do not win.

New research suggests a much larger role for the US incremental supply of oil to the global market than before the revolution in unconventional drilling—but the response still takes more time than is typically considered for a “swing” producer.

The Community Risk-Benefit Matrix illustrates and summarizes the literature on the community impacts of unconventional oil and gas development, specifically regarding the prevalence, consistency, and quality of findings across studies and regions.

This report reviews the academic literature analyzing the effect of unconventional oil and gas development on local public finance outcomes including a review on the truck traffic literature, a specific subset of these local government outcomes.

This report reviews the economic literature examining the effect of unconventional oil and gas development on public education via three main channels—student population, school finances, and the labor market.

We review the literature that analyzes the local economic impacts of an increase in unconventional oil and gas development, including impacts on wages and royalty income, employment, and the effects on long-term growth and economic development.

Federal and state policies that regulate vehicle fuel economy and GHG emissions can overlap and interfere with one another. But carefully constructed state policies can complement federal policies and reduce GHG emissions, air pollution, and congestion.

This report develops a conceptual model of policy sequencing rooted in climate economics and political science as a pathway to achieving the aspirations of the Paris climate agreement. The ideas are illustrated with examples from Germany and California.

Major shifts in federal energy policy under the Trump administration alongside technological and policy changes underway across electricity markets and states raise important questions about the future of US energy policy, at federal and state levels.

Energy production techniques have undergone extensive technological change. To understand future dynamics, long-term studies adapt a learning-by-doing model from manufacturing to understand productivity gains. We examine the suitability of this approach.